Opportunity

 

William Butler Yeats said:

"But I, being poor, have only my dreams"

William Butler Yeats

 

Are we over it yet?

Are we over the idea that those who are poor are lazy?

Are over it yet-that the homeless want to be homeless?

Are we over the idea that those out of work do not want a job?

Are we ?

I sure hope so, because those who are poor, unemployed and homeless are not the enemy-
they are our fellow countrymen and women

I have spread my dreams under your feet; 

"If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich."

John F Kennedy

                                         

                                     and that's poetiquejustis

For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat,

I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink,

I was a stranger and you invited me in,

Matthew 25:35

 

Day by Day

 

Nothing is worth more than this day

Goethe

What would you trade for today?

Are you selling the day short?

Or are you investing in your dreams?

Are you building a portfolio of good things for tomorrow?

or are you waiting for things to get better on their own?

Take stock of your life

Take stock of your day

Before the sun goes down

and the market called "today"

closes

and that's poetiquejustis

But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called "Today," 

Hebrews 3:13

How You Slice It

 

Give us this day our daily bread.

Matthew 6:11

Our daily bread

So much more than food

It is the slices of day between which we put our life

Sometimes it is soft and squishy

Sometimes it is crusty and hard

And sometimes it seems as though there are just 

But no matter how you slice it,

This is your day

so load it up 

and enjoy!

and that's poetiquejustis

This is the day the LORD has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.

Psalm 118:24

Making Your Memory

 

The spiritual path is simply the journey of living our lives

Marianne Williamson

C S Lewis said;

“Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art… 

It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival.”

Thanks to the wonders of social media

Baby boomers from around the world reconnecting

Old flames

                                                                               and

People you hardly remember

Once they were "there" in your past

And now they are "here" on your computer screen!

But how did they get from there to here?

Ask them! 

 I did recently and learned a friend had found his way from our high school graduation 

to today 

through working in Algeria

another has found her calling in the equestrian life

another as a well loved teacher

Ask your friends where they have been all your life!

- you are going to get some great answers

as you brighten your day and theirs

and that's poetiquejustis

Oil and perfume rejoice the heart; 

so does the sweetness of a friend's counsel that comes fro

Useful as Well As Ornamental

       Always desire to learn something useful.

Sophocles

Useful....

It is such a useful term

As long as we realize that useful and practical do not have to be the same thing

Balloons are very useful

They make my grandkids smile

Dandelions are useful

They give you wishes to blow in to the wind

Francis Bacon said:

 Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.

Probably true, Sir Francis,

 but so will balloons and dandelions

and that's poetiquejustis

Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

Romans 12:12

 

Help Yourself to a Dream

 

One person working toward a dream is worth 99 people just working.
- Lani Kraus, writer

To feed the hungry

To shelter the homeless

To protect the unprotected

To make the world a better place because you were here

Dreams for the taking

and make it work

And that's poetiquejustis

 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, 

and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

Matthew 5:16

Unregrettable

 

I don't believe in regret

Ricky Williams

Today

I will speak kindly and I will think clearly

so  have no regrets

I will attend to my dreams

so I have no regrets

I will attend to my soul

so I have no regrets

Today

I will attend all the moments of my life

so I have no regrets

 

  tomorrow

and that's poetiquejustis

 

 

Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own.

 But one thing I do:

 forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead,
 I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 3:14